Yasir Arafat's security adviser called today for a Middle East cease-fire, but Israel immediately dismissed the plan as inadequate without Palestinian action to break up violent factions. Mr. Arafat appeared to refer to the proposal when speaking...

Asserting his control over Palestinian security forces in the West Bank, Yasir Arafat appointed a new national security adviser today, while the militant Palestinian group Hamas called for fresh attacks against Israel. Both developments reflected...

Yasir Arafat's attempts at reform dragged on messily tonight, as he finally dislodged two security chiefs who had refused to leave office in the two days since their dismissals became public. In the end, Mr. Arafat won a very public struggle, but...

July 5, 2002, Friday

The once-powerful Palestinian West Bank security chief reportedly fired by Yasir Arafat under pressure from the United States said tonight that he was still on the job, a sign of sharpening dissension among Palestinians. It was one more...

Yasir Arafat began shaking up his security services on Tuesday, removing two of the top leaders in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials said early today. In the West Bank, Mr. Arafat removed Jibril Rajoub, the head of preventive...

Yasir Arafat has remained the Palestinian leader for more than 30 years in part by not cultivating a long-term lieutenant, avoiding a threat to his pre-eminence by dividing up power beneath himself and encouraging rivalries among his top political...